Simon Jones
Founder & Managing Director at Studio 24 Ltd
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Jones is the founder and Managing Director of Studio 24, a Cambridge-based digital agency he has led for over two decades, combining strategic leadership with hands-on technical architecture and web engineering. He specialises in user-focused websites, CMS-driven platforms, accessibility, and PHP/Symfony/WordPress ecosystems, and still contributes to practical tooling such as a multi-environment WordPress config that adds WP-CLI and cache integrations. A mentor and team-builder, he balances agency operations, data privacy and client consultancy while running the local PHP Cambridge community and serving as a trustee of the Cambridge Film Trust. His background includes teaching and early web systems work—implementing SSI before CMSes were common—highlighting a long-term commitment to web standards and pragmatic solutions. Outside work he’s a father of two and an outspoken supporter of an open web and European values, which inform both his community involvement and leadership style.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA Hons (2:2) English Literature, BA Hons (2:2) English Literature at Anglia Ruskin University
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Github Skills (14)
wordpress10
wp-cli10
configuration-management10
php10
zend-framework9
configurations9
git6
css6
internet-explorer6
structures6
web-application6
apache6
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
studio24/wordpress-multi-env-config
Jan 2014 - Dec 2022
WordPress multi-environment config
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 53 commits in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the configuration and setup of a multi-environment WordPress configuration. They implemented the initial structure of the multi-environment setup, including default, development, staging, and production configurations. Furthermore, they enhanced the project by adding support for WP-CLI, URL filtering, and W3 Total Cache, demonstrating a strong understanding of WordPress and related tooling. The user also refactored the configuration loading mechanism and updated documentation and release automation.
wp-cliwordpressphpconfigmulti-environment
studio24/bitbucket-bulk-add-hook
Apr 2014 - Jun 2016
CLI script to setup Slack POST web hooks in all your Bitbucket repositories
Contributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 1 month
repositoriesbitbucketslackhookscli
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